In a capitalist society, only the strong deserve survive. We define "strong" as those who successfully prey upon those weaker than them for personal gain. This is something we want to encourage so that we will have a fresh new crop of Wall Street bankers and CIA agents to pull from.

Bullies, in a sense, are authority figures, since they get satisfaction out of asserting their own (self-assumed) authority; so it's no surprise that a lot of them grow up to become school administrators and side with the next generation of bullies.

LeroyBourne:No one will/should be surprised if this kid brings a gun to school.

Was going to say, while I don't condone, I empathize with the person. Being forced to go to school, be tormented every day mentally, emotionally, and physically, with no way to solve the issue? That usually results in three things.

1. Suicide by the victim.2. Forced to move away to another school system (if possible)3. Victim takes the law into their own hands.

According to Love, as the teacher is heard attempting to help her son with a math problem, a student says, "You should pull his pants down!" Another student replies, "No, man. Imagine how bad that (c**t) smells! No one wants to smell that (t**t)." As the recording continues, the teacher instructs the classroom that they may only talk if it pertains to math. Shortly thereafter, a loud noise is heard on the recording, which her son explained was a book being slammed down next to him after a student pretended to hit him in the head with it. When the teacher yells, the student exclaims, "What? I was just trying to scare him!" A group of boys are heard laughing.

The teacher need to be retrained as a starting point for discussion. S/he may not have the social presence to direct a classroom of students.

The law does not cover oral communications when the speakers do not have an "expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation." See http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=pac-1000" title="http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=pac-1 000" style="color: rgb(142, 24, 28); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(244, 242, 234);">18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5702 (link is to the entire code, choose Title 18, Part II, Article F, Chapter 57, Subchapter A, and then the specific provision). Therefore, you may be able to record in-person conversations occurring in a public place without consent. However, you should always get the consent of all parties before recording any conversation that common sense tells you is private.

Seems to be if you are bullying in public you should not be expecting the right to privacy or protection from alleged "wiretapping."

Time for a civil suit against the school for failing to protect the student. The risk had been reported multiple times, the school took no action. Even after evidence had been provided, the school continued to take no action against the bullies.

They're going after the victim because they don't want recording to become a common response to inaction by school administrators.

The criminal portion of this could be challenged if the school had cameras. If the school had cameras, the bullies would have no expectation of privacy and the state law requiring all parties to know of a recording should not apply.

Sad to say, civil suits are often the only way to force a bureaucracy to change a terrible behavior.

The law does not cover oral communications when the speakers do not have an "expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation." See http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=pac-1000" title="http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=pac-1 000" style="color: rgb(142, 24, 28); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(244, 242, 234);">18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5702 (link is to the entire code, choose Title 18, Part II, Article F, Chapter 57, Subchapter A, and then the specific provision). Therefore, you may be able to record in-person conversations occurring in a public place without consent. However, you should always get the consent of all parties before recording any conversation that common sense tells you is private.

Seems to be if you are bullying in public you should not be expecting the right to privacy or protection from alleged "wiretapping."

Better hope they don't have security cameras in any place one could consider private.